The Bestial Future Of Bionic Legs

Bionic legs or mechanical prosthetic substitutes for the pedal extremities, started out so normally. Now, however, an advertisement for a futuristic soccer boot takes our imagination to a new level.

SF fans remember the Bionic legs from the novel Cyborg; these devices were essentially a substitute for human legs that fit in the same space and had a similar form. A bit later, Neal Stephenson wrote about a way that people with legs could get a bit of a boost; read about the pedomotive from The Diamond Age.

In the real world, things were moving along as well. Powerisers were patented just a few years ago.